"It's an ensemble comedy centering around a married couple," Russell said. "They are detectives who solve existential crises for people. It was an idea of mine that I wrote with Jeff Baena."

The picture's working title is "I Love Huckabee's," employing the symbol of a heart for the word love. Russell would not explain the significance of Huckabee's, but evidently the concept is a strong one, because he is flirting with that cast on a film whose budget is less than $20 million. "We will be trying to work out favored-nations deals," Russell said.

The film's tone is closer to his 1996 Miramax film "Flirting With Disaster," than it is to his WB film "Three Kings."

Russell has aligned Miramax and Warner Bros. in a co-production scenario that is still coming together. The plan is for WB to take the creative lead and foreign territories, while Miramax handles domestic distribution.

That is one H ELL of a cast. I never thought I'd see Jason Schwartzman and Mark in the same movie, either. David Russell was an excellent director on 3 kings too. I can't wait! Thanks for posting this.